Value of Production and Sales Up 9 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2014 was $48.3 billion, up 9 percent from $44.4 billion in 2013. Of the combined total, 68 percent was from broilers, 21 percent from eggs, 11 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens.

U.S. Value of Broiler Production Up 6 PercentThe value of broilers produced during 2014 was $32.7 billion, up 6 percent from 2013. The total number of broilers produced in 2014 was 8.54 billion, up slightly from 2013. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2014 was 51.4 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2013.

U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 17 PercentValue of all egg production in 2014 was $10.2 billion, up 17 percent from $8.68 billion in 2013. Egg production totaled 99.8 billion eggs, up 2 percent from 97.6 billion eggs produced in 2013.

U.S. Value of Turkey Production Down 10 PercentThe value of turkeys produced during 2014 was $5.30 billion, up 10 percent from the $4.84 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2014 was 238 million, down 1 percent from 2013. Turkey production in 2014 totaled 7.22 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the 7.28 billion pounds produced in 2013.

U.S. Value of Sales from Chickens Up 10 PercentThe value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2014 was $96.6 million, up 10 percent from $87.9 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2014 totaled 188 million, up 1 percent from the total sold during the previous year.

Source: USDA/NASS

Broiler Production and Value - States, United States, and 19 State Total: 2014[Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains. Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers. ]

Companies involved in the production and processing of poultry provide 1,814,200 jobs that pay $100.2 billion in wages to families throughout the country, generate over $469.6 billion in annual economic impact, and about $32.9 billion in taxes. The poultry industry in the United States employs as many as 374,063 people across the country and generates an additional 1,440,180 jobs in supplier and ancillary industries. These include jobs in companies supplying goods and services to the industry. These are good jobs paying an average of $55,200 in wages and benefits. And today, every job is important. In fact, in the United States the unemployment rate has reached 5.47 percent. This means that there are 8.6 million people trying to find jobs across the country.